The Maputo Protocol was originally adopted by the "Assembly of the African Union" in Maputo, Mozambique on July 11, 2003. The official document is titled "Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa." (Read more)

Pope Benedict XVI himself said on January 8, 2007 in an address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See: "How can we not be alarmed, moreover, by the continuous attacks on life, from conception to natural death? Such attacks do not even spare regions with a traditional culture of respecting life, such as Africa . . ." (Read more)